Bird Watcher

Granite. 2008. 11″ high plus base.

The cobble of light granite with a heavy vein of dark granite caught my eye on the beach, so I took it home and played with the form.  Polishing part of the dark stone darkened it, resulting in 3 textures and 3 colours in the finished sculpture.  Together with the form, those textures and colours work together to produce a sense of motion that I call thrust.

Photos by Lee Gass